What's your favourite summer food? Is it cold or hot? How would you transform that yumminess into a sculpture? Discover a variety of activities that consider the volume of things around us. Inspired by the legendary giant sculpture of a hamburger by pop artist Claes Oldenburg, we will create imaginative objects and spaces all week long.

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SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK

Monday, July 5

Sculptor in the Kitchen
Inspired by the food we love, we'll experiment with sculpture using materials found in kitchen drawers and the recycling bin.

Materials:

• Scissors
• Tape - masking tape and clear tape
• 2 Yogurt-type containers and lids. 250ml, 750ml
• 1 Aluminum foil roll – any width
• 4-6 Plastic shopping bags
• 4–8 Sheets construction paper or cardstock: green, brown, red, yellow
• 2-4 Kraft paper bags (sandwich bags, paper shopping bags)
• Egg carton OR some cardboard pieces - optional
• Newspapers - optional

Tuesday, July 6

Colossal Proposal
Scale is the theme for the day! Design a GIANT public sculpture through drawings, collaging and artmaking.

Materials:

• Printed Photo or a drawing of your favourite outdoor place where there is lots of room for people to gather (for example: Grange Park)
• Phone / camera
• Scissors
• Glue stick or white glue
• Markers
• Packing tape
• Ruler
• Colour pencils
• Pencil
• Eraser
• Plasticine - a golf ball size of each colour, as many colours as you like. OR homemade or store bought playdough, model magic
• 4-6 Twist ties
• 4-6 Toothpicks
• 1 ball or a few lengths 1m string or yarn
• Small everyday objects (wooden clothes peg, paper clip, plastic spoon, fork etc. )
• Paper all 8.5 x 11” or similar:
  • 4 Sheets White drawing paper
  • 1 Sheet Tracing paper tracing or kitchen parchment paper
  • 1 Sheet cardboard, corrugated if possible, or single ply (cereal box)
  • Old magazines, old calendars or postcards – for pictures to cut out

Wednesday, July 7

Paper Goes Pop
Using pop-up card tricks and other 3D paper-making secret recipes, let's create sculptures of soup cans, fruit, candy and cakes!

Materials:

• Scissors
• Glue stick or white glue
• Markers
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Paper all 8.5 x 11” or similar:
  • 2 Sheets white paper
  • 2 Sheets cardstock or stiff white paper
  • 12 Sheets colourful construction paper or cardstock

Thursday, July 8

Lines & Planes Make Volume
Get ready to make sculptures! Learn how to use a special 3D drawing technique and create inventive 3D sculptures made of lines and planes.

Materials:

• Scissors
• Glue stick or white glue
• Markers
• Tape – masking and packing tape
• Pencil
• Soup can /tuna can - to measure and look at, can be unopened, we will not eat
• 30-50 Pipe cleaners - various colours
• Paper all 8.5 x 11” or similar:
  • 3 sheets White drawing paper
  • 10 sheets Construction paper
  • 2–4 pieces 1–ply cardboard – cereal or granola bar boxes